When reading My Freshman Year, Nathan mentioned that the lounge was a place "to get away". Of course I have used the lounge to get away from the distractions in order to study, complete projects, and do homework but I have also used it to have hall meetings, birthday parties, super bowl parties, for craft projects, to watch movies with friends, play games or even to eat lunch with a group of friends. I now want to see how other people use this space and why they decided to come here.
I felt that sitting in the lounge for a half hour wouldn't allow me to collect enough data. So instead I decided to walk past my floor lounge almost every hour starting at 1pm and ending at 9pm for two days to see what information I can collect.From the data collected below you can see that students use the lounge for a variety of things. They also come to the lounge for many reasons. In addition I found the lounge to be rather empty. For the most part usually one student had the lounge to themselves or there was a small group studying together.
Date/Time
# of People
What they were doing
Why they came
Sept. 19th 1pm
1
Watching TV
Waiting for friends to get out of class
Sept. 19th 2pm
1
Doing homework
Roommate is skyping; more concentration in lounge
Sept. 19th 3pm
3
1 – Same girl as previous at 2pm
2&3 – Studying for math together
1 – Roommate is skyping
2&3 – More room to spread out papers, and quiet
Sept. 19th 4pm
0
Sept. 19th 6pm
0
Sept. 19th 7pm
1
Skyping
Roommate is sleeping
Sept. 19th 8pm
1
Same girl as previous at 7pm
Roommate is sleeping
Sept. 19th 9pm
0
Sept. 20th 1pm
0
Sept. 20th 2pm
0
Sept. 20th 3pm
0
Sept. 20th 5pm
4
1 – Making a Phone Call
2&3 – Studying
4 – Homework
2&3 – One girl was from another dorm, decided to meet in Columbia Lounge
4 – Concentrate
Sept. 20th 7pm
3
1 – Homework
2&3 – Studying/Homework
All three said they came to the lounge because of less distractions
When reading My Freshman Year, Nathan mentioned that the lounge was a place "to get away". Of course I have used the lounge to get away from the distractions in order to study, complete projects, and do homework but I have also used it to have hall meetings, birthday parties, super bowl parties, for craft projects, to watch movies with friends, play games or even to eat lunch with a group of friends. I now want to see how other people use this space and why they decided to come here.
I felt that sitting in the lounge for a half hour wouldn't allow me to collect enough data. So instead I decided to walk past my floor lounge almost every hour starting at 1pm and ending at 9pm for two days to see what information I can collect.From the data collected below you can see that students use the lounge for a variety of things. They also come to the lounge for many reasons. In addition I found the lounge to be rather empty. For the most part usually one student had the lounge to themselves or there was a small group studying together.
2&3 – Studying for math together
2&3 – More room to spread out papers, and quiet
2&3 – Studying
4 – Homework
4 – Concentrate
2&3 – Studying/Homework